Week One – August 30, 2003No. 13 Florida St. Cruises Past UNCSeminoles averaged 10.4 yards a play in the first quarter.Box Score | Photo Gallery The Florida State fans chanted his name and Bobby Bowden was more than happy to tip his cap as he left Kenan Stadium under vastly different circumstances this time. Chris Rix ran for a pair of short touchdowns and threw for another score as the ‘Noles returned to the scene of their worst regular-season loss in 16 years and beat UNC 37-0. (Full Story)

Week Two – September 6, 2003No. 11 Seminoles Easily Defeat Maryland, 35-10Greg Jones runs for two scores, passes 2,000 career yards.Box Score Greg Jones ran for two touchdowns and Chris Rix passed for two more Saturday night as No. 11 Florida State wiped out an early 10-point deficit and defeated Maryland 35-10. Florida State (2-0, 2-0 ACC) is now 14-0 against Maryland. The 35 points were the fewest Florida State has scored in seven home wins over Maryland. (Full Story)

Week Three – September 13, 2003Rix Leads Seminoles To Comeback WinSeminoles improve to 3-0 in conference play.Box Score | Photo Gallery Florida State coach Bobby Bowden said he had no idea how his 10th-ranked Seminoles managed to beat Georgia Tech on Saturday night. “It was like checkers (and) they were a jump ahead of us,” Bowden said after his team scored two touchdowns in the final 7:09 for a 14-13 victory. (Full Story)

Week Six – October 11, 2003No. 5 Seminoles Fall To No. 2 Miami, 22-14Rain, turnovers slow second half comeback effort. Quotes | Photo Gallery Jarrett Payton put on his dad’s jersey before going to bed on the eve of his first college start. He waited four years for this moment and it couldn’t have been any sweeter. Payton caught a 14-yard touchdown pass and ran for a career-high 97 yards, and No. 2 Miami forced five turnovers in a 22-14 win Saturday over No. 5 Florida State. (Full Story)

Week Eight – October 25, 2003Bowden Surpasses Paterno; ‘Noles Rout Deacs, 48-24Head coach gets 339th victory.Box Score | Photo Gallery Forty-four years after coaching his first college game, Bowden reached the pinnacle Saturday. He became major college football’s winningest coach with his 339th career victory and clinched at least a tie for another ACC title as sixth-ranked Florida State kept its national title hopes alive with a 48-24 victory over Wake Forest. (Full Story)

Week Nine – November 1, 2003Seminoles Shut Out Irish, 37-0FSU holds ND scoreless at home for the first time since ’78.Box Score | Quotes | Notes | Photo Gallery Benched following a loss to the Irish last season, Chris Rix passed for 327 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Seminoles to a 37-0 victory over Notre Dame on Saturday, the second worst home loss in Irish history. (Full Story)

Week Ten – November 8, 2003No. 3 Seminoles Upset By Clemson, 26-10Clemson had not beaten Florida State since 1989.Box Score Tommy Bowden finally got the better of dear old dad. Charlie Whitehurst threw for one touchdown and ran for another and Clemson likely ended FSU’s national title aspirations with its first victory ever over a top three team, 26-10 Saturday night. (Full Story)

Week Eleven – November 15, 2003‘Noles Escape With 50-44 Overtime Win Over NC StateLeon Washington scores the game-winning touchdown.Box Score | Photo Gallery Leon Washington’s 12-yard touchdown run gave No. 13 Florida State a 50-44 double-overtime victory over North Carolina State on Saturday, wrapping up the Seminoles’ 11th ACC title in 12 years. FSU (9-2, 7-1) also locked up its fourth BCS game in five years after surviving a brilliant performance by NC State’s Philip Rivers. (Full Story)

Week Twelve – November 29, 2003Seminoles Rally Past Gators, 38-34No. 9 FSU posts a 10-win season for the first time since 2000.Box Score | Photo Gallery P.K. Sam ran a twisting, whirling, falling-down pass route for a 52-yard touchdown that lifted Florida State to a 38-34 victory over Florida on Saturday, a spectacular game that was marred by a brawl at midfield after the game ended. (Full Story)